The low point of Jimmy Carter’s awful presidency - Washington Examiner

President Jimmy Carter gave what came to be known as his “malaise” speech on July 15, 1979 .

Inflation was already high, when Carter took office, it had risen to 9.6% .

The standard of living in the U.S. headed steadily downward, and that is not to mention the disastrous international consequences of Carter 's presidency.

Julian Zelizer : Carter embraced idea that America was in an “age of limits” He says the 1970s were an age of limits; Carter 's “malaise” speech was perhaps the lowest moment of those terrible four years .

Zelizer says Reagan was right, and Carter was wrong, and the greatest thing that happened during Carter ’s presidency was his defeat, departure from the White House .